5. Towards evening Sun is very dry, and if we change the perspective in order to be able to incorporate what happens late in the day we can compare with the developement of a butterfly:
The proboscis of a butterfly has the same kind of spiral form as one of the signs for Lower Egypt:
Time runs (like the river Nile) from on high (Upper Egypt) down towards the sea (Lower Egypt). But the scroll sign could very well be something else than the proboscis of a butterfly. What I do suggest is that the idea of the 'life spirit' flying away from the dead body could be a reflection of what happens when a butterfly creeps out from his dry old 'carapace'. |
